Cell Phone Service

<p>Hi, which cell phone provider/s work best in the so cal/claremont area for reception and internet? Thanks.</p>

<p>From all reports (and past postings), Verizon seems to have the best all-around service. T-Mobile also has pretty good service as long as you're near a window in some of the dorms that have concrete block construction.</p>

<p>My daughter is in a stucco dorm and she has to go outside to call us. She uses T-Mobile.</p>

<p>Verizon is the WRONG CHOICE if you go to Pomona.</p>

<p>what about cingular/AT&T?
I kind of sorta wanted to get an iPhone for college...</p>

<p>Is T-Mobile better? or Cingular?</p>

<p>D has had T-Mobile for the past 3.5 years w/o any major problems except having to be near a window on occasion.</p>

<p>Verizon works very well for both my kids at Pomona.</p>

<p>Our son has AT&T and it does not work well in his dorm. This isn't a problem for him as he's rarely there and it gives him a good excuse for not calling home very often. We text if something is urgent then he goes outside the dorm to call us back.</p>

<p>I think Verizon may only be appalling on north campus. I didn't have a problem when I lived on south campus. There is actually a parent initiative to get Verizon to put in another service tower nearby. I hope it happens, because I'm tried of having my calls drop/not even receiving my calls at all!</p>

<p>I streamed live video from my cell phone (Qik) from the field behind Clark on Verizon without any problem. Maybe I was just lucky but I have never had dropped call from my son. Of course he doesn't call very often.</p>

<p>Verizon was the best my freshmen year, but it got pretty bad last year. I'm now on an iPhone/AT&T and don't have any problems at all. Verizon was planning on installing a tower somewhere on the campuses so things may be better now. Some dorms are bad for service in general.</p>

<p>ATT is amazing. Verizon was good for me but some people used to have problems.</p>

<p>Wow, really mixed results. Is there any provider that works well no matter where on campus? I need to decide btwn Verizon and ATT, currently I have T-mobile but i had no reception inside dorm hallways/dorms making T-Mobile somewhat useless</p>

<p>Don’t get T-Mobile.</p>

<p>Cell phone service is just stupid here, obscene almost. T-Mobile and Verizon are the best, and by best I mean mediocre. I have Verizon and if I make an indoors call I get a 50-50 chance of a drop, if I am outside it never drops. T-Mobile is similar in coverage from what I hear. I have tried taking a few cell calls from my desk and just get furious every time, because unless it is a 30-second conversation it will drop. I usually end up going to a balcony or outside to finish the call, or ask them to call back on my landline (you can plug your own phone in for free).</p>

<p>t-mobile does not work well in the south campus - very spotty - many many many dropped calls</p>

<p>T-Mobile works great from the quadrangle northward. Just returned from Commencement and it worked great all weekend. It also worked in Claremont Village at 1st and Harvard.</p>

<p>Tell your children to use skype when they are inside their dorms. They can call anywhere inside the US and Canada for $3 a month and it has call forwarding to their cell phones. If parents sign up for skype also, then the calls are free. My DD ( a Pomona grad) says most of her friends have skype and they use it for IM too.</p>

<p>Does anybody know how well Sprint fares around campus?</p>